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Monday, November 10, 2014

The 2013 Dellies

Okay, friends. I've put off honoring what I think the best of 2013 is for quite some time. The simple fact of the matter is I see the movies I want to see from a given year slower than most of us so-called film buffs. My own personal hard rule is that before I start expressing such opinions, I must see at least 100 of that year's movies. Truthfully, I surpassed that mark some months ago, but there is always something else that deserves to be seen. Even as I sit here having seen roughly 130 films released in 2013, there are a number of movies that I just haven't gotten around to, yet. Some of them have been deemed award worthy by many of my fellow bloggers. Others managed to make a bunch of money.

I could go on. However, if you're going to give out awards you just have to suck it up and go with what you know, at some point. With that, let's just get to it.

Last year, I created a bunch of separate posts for each award. I didn't feel like doing that this year, so we'll have just this post for all of my awards. Two things to know: I don't do technical awards and there is no Best Picture award. As far as the technical awards go, that stuff is way above my level of expertise. I'll leave that stuff to people that know what they're talking about like Josh at The Cinematic Spectacle or Fisti at A Fistful of Films. I just cover the basics here: actor awards, best director, and a couple others. You'll find out later in the week what I think the best, and worst, movies of 2013 were. Here we go...

Thanks. The funny thing about me picking Leto is that I really didn't like Dallas Buyers Club. However, he so completely disappears into his role and is so utterly convincing I had to give him his just due. Seydoux is just outstanding.

I recommend Nebraska. I really enjoyed that. Osage County, not so much. It's all kitchen sink melodrama. Again, Streep commanded the screen so thoroughly I had to give her a nod.

Had to go with Korine for Director. Cuaron did a great job with Gravity, don't get me wrong, working with an actress and a green screen for much of the time can't be easy. I just thought Korine was an absolute magician on Spring Breakers.

I'd never ever get to 100 movies these days, so I usually just publish my list once I at least see everything from Oscar season. I award Blanchett too, with Hanks, Paulson and Hill being my other wins. Great to see Hanks among nominees here I cannot believe the Academy snubbed him.

I still haven't made a definitive 2013 list. Hell, I haven't made any definitive lists for the films of the past few years. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to these things. I try to see what else is there and showcase anything that is a small film that needs to be seen or a performance that people aren't talking about.

Great post, I'm a bit disappointed that I have only seen three of your nominations from last year. I thought Monsters University deserved some kind of best animation myself, highly enjoyable. Your best director award should've gone to Alexander Payne for Nebraska, but my opinion is a bit biased since that's the only movie I've seen out of your nominations for that category.

Oh by the way, if you don't mind, could you update the link to my blog in your blogroll it's been changed to http://fivedollarreviews.blogspot.com

The Dellies, what a fun name! :) Hey, glad to see Monsters University and The Act of Killing win in their respective categories, I concur! Blanchett was my pick for Best Actress too, though I was rooting for Chiwetel in the Best Actor category.

Thanks. Chiwetel was great, but I thought he was overshadowed a bit in his own movie because of all the other great performances. Others were great in The Wolf of Wall Street, too, but Leo still dominated the screen and was off the charts good. At least, that's my opinion on the matter.